Concise Hydraulics

Contents

Preface

01 Fundamentals

• 1.1  Properties of Fluids
• 1.2  Flow Description
• 1.3  Fundamental Laws of Physics

02 Hydrostatics

• 2.1  Pressure
• 2.2  Manometer
• 2.3  Pressure Force on Plane Surface
• 2.4  Pressure Force on Curved Surface
• 2.5 Flotation

03 Energy Equation

• 3.1  Basic Formula
• 3.2  Applications

04 Momentum Equation

• 4.1  The Principle
• 4.2  Applications

05 Pipe Flow

• 5.1  Introduction
• 5.2  Energy losses in pipe flow
• 5.3  Local losses (or Minor losses)
• 5.4  Grade Line
• 5.5  Combination of pipes
• 5.6  Energy Loss in Non-circular Pipes

06 Physical Modelling

• 6.1  Background
• 6.2  Dimensional Analysis
• 6.3  Analysis of Experimental Data
• 6.4  Model and Similarity

07 Open Channel Flow

• What is “Open Channel Flow”
• Channel Geometric Properties
• Calculation of Hydraulic Radius and Hydraulic Mean Depth

08 Uniform Flow

• Introduction
• Laminar or Turbulent Flow
• Energy Loss Equations
• Computation of Uniform Flow

09 Channel Design

• Channel Design
• Compound Channel
• The Best Hydraulic Section

10 Critical Flow

• Small Wave in Open Channel
• Critical Flow
• Critical Flow Computation

11 Rapidly Varied Flow

• 11.1  Sudden Transitions
• 11.2  Depth of Flow
• 11.3  Height of Hump
• 11.4  Specific Energy

12 Hydraulic Jump

• 12.1  Jump Equation
• 12.2  Hydraulic Jump in Rectangular Channel
• 12.3  Hydraulic Jump in Trapezoidal Channel
• 12.4  Hydraulic jump in Sloping Channel

13 Hydraulic Structures

• 13.1  Flumes (Venturi)
• 13.2  Weirs (Broad-crested weir)
• 13.3  Energy dissipators
• 13.4  Sluice Gates

14 Gradually Varied Flow

• 14.1  Equation of Gradually Varied Flow
• 14.2  Classification of Surface Profiles
• 14.3  Flow Profile Sketch
• 14.4  Flow transitions

15 Computation of Flow Profile

• 15.1  Introduction
• 15.2  Numerical integration methods
• 15.3  Computation Procedure through an Example
• 15.4  Further Computational Information

16 Unsteady Flow

• 16.1  Basic Types
• 16.2  Rapidly Varied Unsteady Flow
• 16.3  Gradually Varied Unsteady Flows (Saint-Venant equations)
• 16.4 Software packages

17 Hydraulic Machinery

• 17.1  Hydropower and Pumping Station
• 17.2  Turbines
• 17.3  Pump and Pipeline

18 Appendix: Further Reading Resources